high and low; rise and fall
difference; variation; difference
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to complain; to make a complaint
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
being on duty; person on duty
clicking; clopping; clacking
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality